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Meaning of "cantharid" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CANTHARID

cantharid  [ˈkænθərɪd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CANTHARID

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cantharid is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CANTHARID MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of cantharid in the English dictionary

The definition of cantharid in the dictionary is any beetle of the family Cantharidae, having a soft elongated body; though found frequenting flowers, they are carnivorous.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CANTHARID


acarid
ˈækərɪd
antherid
ˈænθərɪd
ascarid
ˈæskərɪd
asterid
ˈæstərɪd
epeirid
ɛˈpaɪərɪd
ephemerid
ɪˈfɛmərɪd
galleried
ˈɡælərɪd
liveried
ˈlɪvərɪd
lurid
ˈlʊərɪd
nectaried
ˈnektərɪd
pilloried
ˈpɪlərɪd
salaried
ˈsælərɪd
sigillarid
sɪˈdʒɪlərɪd
stellerid
ˈstɛlərɪd
traceried
ˈtreɪsərɪd
unsalaried
ʌnˈsælərɪd
unvaried
ʌnˈvɛərɪd
unwearied
ʌnˈwɪərɪd
varied
ˈvɛərɪd
wearied
ˈwɪərɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CANTHARID

canter
canterburies
canterbury
Canterbury bell
Canterbury lamb
Canterbury Pilgrims
Canterbury Tales
canthal
cantharidal
cantharides
cantharidian
cantharidic
cantharidin
cantharis
cantharus
canthaxanthin
canthi
canthitis
canthus

WORDS THAT END LIKE CANTHARID

arid
disaccharid
grid
horrid
hybrid
hyperarid
Kobarid
Madrid
marid
murid
off-grid
off the grid
rid
sciarid
semiarid
sparid
subarid
the grid
torrid
Wilfrid

Synonyms and antonyms of cantharid in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «cantharid» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CANTHARID

Find out the translation of cantharid to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cantharid from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cantharid» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

cantharid
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cantáridas
570 millions of speakers

English

cantharid
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

cantharid
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

cantharid
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

кантаридином
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cantharid
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

cantharid
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cantharides
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cantharid
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

cantharid
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

cantharid
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

cantharid
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cantharid
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cantharid
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

cantharid
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कथर्डिड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

cantharid
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cantharid
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cantharid
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кантаридин
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cantharid
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

cantharid
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

cantharid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

cantharid
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

cantharid
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cantharid

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CANTHARID»

The term «cantharid» is barely ever used and occupies the 203.566 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CANTHARID» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cantharid

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CANTHARID»

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Pharmacologia
See Tinetu- ra : Cantharid. A strong decoction of the Cantharides in Oil of Turpentine furnishes a most powerful Epispastic, and may be easily applied by means of dossils of lint. As the general belief, which exists with respect to the aphrodisiac ...
John Ayrton Paris, John Brodhead Beck, 1831
2
American Beetles: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through ...
Cantharid larvae are thought to be predominantly fluid- feeding predators. Larvae have been observed preying upon various arthropods, primarily the eggs and larvae of holometab- olous insects. Larvae of Chauliognathus are known to be ...
Ross H. Arnett, JR, Michael C. Thomas, Paul E. Skelley, 2002
3
Hippocratic Recipes: Oral and Written Transmission of ...
The recommendations regarding the parts of the cantharid to use are found in the numerous other cantharid recipes preserved in the Hippocratic Corpus. It should be noted that in later antiquity there was a debate on which cantharid parts ...
Laurence M. V. Totelin, 2009
4
Pharmacologia, al, The history of medicinal substances. Ed. ...
gr. i, combined with opium or hyoscyamus. See Tine' tura; Cantharid. A strong decoction of the Cantha- rides in Oil of Turpentine furnishes a most powerful Epispastic, and may be easily applied by means of dossils of lint. As the general belief, ...
John Ayrton Paris, 1825
5
A Supplement to the Pharmacopœia and Treatise on ...
Jxij, tereb. Ven. jiv, canthar. Jvj. Empl. vesicatorium. Empl. attrah. lb. ij, cantharid. lb. j, aceti lb. ss. Empl. cantharidis, P. L. 1809. Empl. cerse lb. ij, cantharid. lb. j, adip. suillae lb. ss. Empl. tyttce. Empl. ceraj lb. jss, cantharid., adip. ppae. ana lb. j .
Samuel Frederick Gray, 1836
6
A supplement to the pharmacopœias
3iv, canthar Jvj. — Empl. vesicatorium. Empl. attrah. lbij, cantharid. lbj, aceti lbss. — Empl. cantharidis, P. L. 1809. Empl. cerae lbij, cantharid. lbj, adip. suillaelbss. — Empl. lytta. Empl. cerae lbjss, cantharid., adip. ppae. ana lbj : 7s. 8d. the lb.
Samuel Frederick Gray, 1828
7
A Supplement to the Pharmacopoeia: Being a Treatise on ...
Emplastrum cantharidis P. L. Empl. cerae Ibij, cantharid. ibj, adip. suillae Tbfs. 5. Emplastrun lyttce. Empl. cerae ftjfs, cantharid., adip. ppm. ana Tbj. 6. Emplastrum cantliaridis P. D. Cerae fl., sevi ovilli, cantharid. ana Tbj, resinae fl. giv. 7.
Samuel Frederick Gray, 1821
8
The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal ...
As, in other cases, I had been accustomed to use the tincture of Cantharides with great success, I prescribed 13, T. Cantharid. ziiss. Aq. font. m. One table-spoonful to be taken thrice a-day. IQt/a October. Cantharides mixture re eated, with 5iv.
9
A System of Materia Medica and Pharmacy: Including ...
Including Translations of the Edinburgh, London, and Dublin Pharmacopoeias... John Murray. substance have succeeded, particularly as a remedy in incontinence of urine. Offlc. Prep. — Emplast. Cantharid. Vesicat. Tinct. Can- tharid. Vesicat.
John Murray, 1828
10
A Treatise on the Functional and Structural Changes of the ...
Calomel gr. x. hor. som. omni nocte, et emplast. cantharid. lateri sinistro. Pulv. rhei Bj. cras.—6th day. Pain in the side continues. Hirud. xviij. part. dol.— 8th day. Emplast. cantharid. part. dol. et con. calomel.— 10th day. Omit. calomel; ipecac.
William E. E. Conwell, 1835

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CANTHARID»

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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
The cantharid beetles, Mylabris spp., are highly coloured and easily spotted by any insect eating animal, but the cantharadin emitted by adults ... «Chandigarh Tribune, Nov 12»

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